Thread by @DataRepublican

🧵 THREAD: THOM TILLIS BIOGRAPHY DETAILS

Thanks for your patience - got held up today.

First of all, to understand the rationale of Thom Tillis in opposing @EagleEdMartin over J6 issues, read the quoted thread. Tha is by and far the most important thing to understand.

Without further ado... let's begin the breakdown. I'll be constructing this thread live from the data I've aggregated, so patience...

Here is his basic biography. Of interest, note he has no military experience and his only postsecondary education is a BS in Technology Management. He became the North Carolina US Senator on January 3, 2015. That was his first elected federal office.

🟤 1996: Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Technology Management from the University of Maryland University College.
🟤 1997: Promoted to partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
🟤 1998: Moved to Cornelius, North Carolina, with his family.
🟤 2002: Joined IBM after it acquired PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting arm.
🟤 2003: Elected to the Cornelius Town Board of Commissioners.
🟤 2006: Elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 98th district.
🟤 2011: Became Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Wikipedia
🟤 2015: Assumed office as U.S. Senator for North Carolina.
🟤 2020: Reelected to the U.S. Senate.

Right after being elected to office, Tillis got several committee assignments. He got into the Senate Armed Services committee as a freshman for the Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee and would become Subcommittee on Personnel and chairman just two years later. He would also get on the Judiciary Committee as a freshman.

Also as a freshman, he served on Immigration and National Interest subcommittees, Constitution subcommittees of the Judiciary committee. In short, immediately after being elected, he was in a good position for foreign policy.

Again, this despite no military experience, no relevant education, and no federal office.

Tillis would quickly rise to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the US Helsinki Commission starting in 2017.

Per Wikipedia, this commission is "directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand east–west economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West."

If that's not a perfect description of the Open Society mindset, I don't know what is.

Just two months after getting in office, Tillis would catch the attention of Liz Schrayer of USGLC and meet with USGLC. This is reflected in Hunter's email dated 23 March 2015:

Tillis would quickly form deep friendships with USGLC - as this June 2015 Tweet shows:

Thread continued here - I accidentally riffed off the wrong Tweet: